Marko Jarić

For the Serbian-American physicist, see Marko V. Jaric.
Marko Jarić

Jarić playing for Montepaschi Siena in February 2011.
Personal information
Born (1978-10-12) October 12, 1978
Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality Serbian
Listed height 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight 224 lb (102 kg)
Career information
NBA draft 2000 / Round: 2 / Pick: 30th overall
Selected by the Los Angeles Clippers
Playing career 1996–2013
Position Shooting guard
Number 8, 10, 19, 20, 55
Career history
1996–1998 Peristeri
1998–2000 Fortitudo Bologna
2000–2002 Virtus Bologna
2002–2005 Los Angeles Clippers
2005–2008 Minnesota Timberwolves
2008–2009 Memphis Grizzlies
2009–2010 Real Madrid
2011 Montepaschi Siena
Career highlights and awards
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals
Representing  Yugoslavia
World Championship
2002 Indianapolis Team
EuroBasket
2001 Turkey Team
'22 & under' European Championship
1998 Italy Team

Marko Jarić (Serbian Cyrillic: Марко Јарић, Serbian pronunciation: [mâːrko jǎːritɕ]; born October 12, 1978) is a Serbian former professional basketball player. Standing at 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in), he played the shooting guard position. He also represented the Yugoslavian national basketball team internationally.

Professional career

Jarić is the only player ever to win back-to-back Italian League championships on two different teams. He won the Italian League championship in 2000, with Fortitudo Bologna, and in 2001, with Virtus Bologna.

Jarić was selected as the 30th overall pick, by the Los Angeles Clippers, in the 2000 NBA draft. He was traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves on August 12, 2005, along with Lionel Chalmers by the Clippers, in exchange for Sam Cassell and a future first-round draft pick.[1] He was traded to the Grizzlies on June 26, 2008, in an eight-player deal involving rookie guard O. J. Mayo and rookie forward Kevin Love.[2]

For the 2009–10 NBA season, Jarić and the Memphis Grizzlies mutually agreed that Jarić would not attend the team's training camp or any of their preseason games. Jarić was granted permission to seek a new team and a possible contract buyout for the remaining 2 years and $15 million of his contract.[3] He then signed with Spanish club Real Madrid on December 22, 2009.[4] On January 14, 2011, he signed with Italian club Montepaschi Siena, through the end of the 2010–11 season.[5]

In October 2012, Jarić signed with the Chicago Bulls.[6] However, he was waived on October 24.[7] In September 2013, he signed with the Brooklyn Nets.[8] However, he was waived on October 15.[9]

International career

As a junior national team player, Jarić won the gold medal at the 1998 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. As a member of the senior FR Yugoslavia national basketball team, Jarić won gold medals at both the EuroBasket 2001 and the 2002 FIBA World Championship.

Career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  PIR  Performance Index Rating
 Bold  Career high

Note: The EuroLeague is not the only competition in which the player participated for the team during the season. He also played in domestic competition, and regional competition if applicable.

† Denotes season in which Jarić won the EuroLeague

NBA

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2002–03 L.A. Clippers 66 12 20.9 .401 .319 .752 2.4 2.9 1.5 .2 7.4
2003–04 L.A. Clippers 58 50 30.3 .388 .340 .733 3.0 4.8 1.6 .3 8.5
2004–05 L.A. Clippers 50 41 33.1 .414 .371 .720 3.2 6.1 1.7 .3 9.9
2005–06 Minnesota 75 49 28.0 .399 .301 .688 3.1 3.9 1.4 .3 7.8
2006–07 Minnesota 70 13 22.2 .418 .376 .761 2.6 2.1 1.1 .2 5.3
2007–08 Minnesota 75 56 29.2 .430 .362 .742 3.0 4.1 1.3 .4 8.3
2008–09 Memphis 53 0 11.4 .331 .393 .707 1.2 1.4 .5 .2 2.6
Career 447 221 25.2 .404 .344 .730 2.7 3.6 1.3 .3 7.1

EuroLeague

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2000–01† Bologna 22 16 28.7 .439 .309 .697 3.0 2.3 2.0 .2 10.4 10.2
2001–02 Bologna 21 20 28.2 .482 .268 .595 4.3 2.5 2.2 .1 13.4 14.6
2009–10 Real Madrid 12 10 25.8 .378 .440 .692 5.2 1.7 1.3 .2 7.1 7.7
2010–11 Montepaschi 12 3 12.5 .433 .158 .750 1.4 1.3 1.0 .0 5.1 3.9
Career 67 49 25.1 .448 .294 .656 3.3 2.1 1.8 .1 9.8 10.0

Personal life

Marko Jarić is the son of Srećko Jarić, a retired Serbian professional basketball player,[10] who played as a guard for KK Radnički Belgrade, and was regarded by coach Dušan Ivković as the "biggest talent he ever had under his charge".[11] Marko has an older sister named Tamara, and a younger brother named Nikola (b. 1987), who lives and plays basketball in Switzerland.[12]

Jarić also holds Greek citizenship,[13] under the surname Latsis, which was the name he played basketball under in Greece.[14]

On June 12, 2008, Jarić became engaged to Brazilian supermodel Adriana Lima, after proposing to her on her 27th birthday.[15] The couple wed in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, USA, on Valentine's Day 2009.[16] The couple have two daughters: Valentina Lima Jarić (Serbian: Валентина Лима Јарић; born November 15, 2009)[17] and Sienna Lima Jarić (Serbian: Сијена Лима Јарић; born September 12, 2012).[18] The couple announced their separation on May 2, 2014, after five years of marriage.[19] The divorce was finalized in March 2016.[20]

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